Original Article: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/no-end-sight-dairy-farmer-struggling-loan-issue The impact of the government shutdown is real for Reynoldsville, Pa., dairy farmer Bill Smith. He was having problems with his local USDA Farm Service Agency long before the shutdown, but his situation has gotten worse…
Farm Credit Rates 6/26/2020 | 7:36 AM CDT https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2020/06/26/farm-credit-rates DTN Ag Interest Rate Snapshot TODAY – LAST YEAR as of: 6/26/20 6/26/19 BENCHMARKS Prime Rate 3.25 5.50 30-Day Libor 0.18 2.40 1-Year Libor 0.57 2.15 10-Yr. Treasury 0.66 2.01 CCC Loan Rate 1.125 3.375 Real Estate…
Crop Progress ISSN: 1948-3007 Released November 6, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Corn Harvested – Selected States [These 18 States harvested 94% of the 2016 corn acreage]…
View Full Article 2018 Prospective Plantings by State Topics: Crops 4/5/2018 According to the USDA 2018 Prospective Plantings report, total planted soybean acres are estimated at 89 million acres, down slightly from last year. Total corn acreage is expected to be 88 million acres, down about 2% from 2017. Wheat and cotton…
Original Article Here: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-operations/helping-beginning-farmers-find-land Finding land to farm can be an enormous stumbling block for new farmers. But you can get a leg up on your search by attending a one-day course. Part of a multiyear project led by Minnesota-based Renewing the Countryside…
Original Post Here: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/isu-updates-crop-pest-management-publications As 2018 was winding down, Iowa State University Extension specialists were gearing up, publishing eight pest management guides for the 2019 growing season. Several of these guides are downloadable, for free, from the ISU…
By Elton Robinson Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Original article can be found here: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2019/03/21/farm-ugly Robby Bevis didn’t decide to chuck his farm-management plan and get closer to nature on a whim. It took some convincing by friends and finally a commitment to let plants and biology tell him how to manage the crop…
By Russ Quinn, DTN Staff Reporter Original Article can be found here: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/crops/article/2019/03/27/mixed-moves-retail-fertilizer-prices-2 OMAHA (DTN) — Retail fertilizer price movement continued to be mixed the third week of March 2019, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. This marked the fourth week in a row in which at least some prices declined…
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) — As June starts to melt into July, summer insects’ favorite buffets are in season: fields of growing crops. Soybean fields appear to be at the top of the menu this month, with a growing number of agronomists and farmers reporting sightings of soybean gall midge, thistle caterpillars and Japanese beetles in soybean fields in the past week…